Qasidat al-Hamziyya · قصيدة الهمزية
By Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Sa'id al-Busiri
A thirteenth-century ode of praise for the Prophet Muhammad S.A.W
Opening verses
كَيْفَ تَرْقَى رُقِيَّكَ الأَنْبِيَاءُ
يَا سَمَاءً مَا طَاوَلَتْهَا سمَاءُ
Kayfa tarqā ruqiyyaka al-anbiyā’u
Yā samā’an mā ṭāwalahā samā’u
How can the other Prophets reach your height, O Heaven that no other heaven can overtop?
لَمْ يُسَاوُوكَ فِي عُلاَكَ وَقَدْحَا
لَ سَنىً مِنْكَ دُونَهُمْ وَسَنَاءُ
Lam yusāwūka fī ‘ulāka wa qadḥā
La sanan minka dūnahum wa sanā’u
They did not equal you in your loftiness, for a light from you was given to them, but yours is the brilliance and the majesty.